VETERAN ACTOR TONY RANDALL TO TRAIN VOLUNTEER STORYTELLERS
FOR GRASSROOTS CHILDREN'S LITERACY PROGRAM
WHO: Actor Tony Randall and co-founders of Children's Literacy Initiative (CLI), a non-profit organization that promotes reading readiness skills for children.
WHAT: A training session for Chase Manhattan volunteer employee storytellers to prepare for their role in Chase Story Time, a public interest program to promote literacy in local communities beginning December 10.
The group will learn techniques for encouraging literacy among pre-school children using Ira Says Goodbye by Bernard Weber.
WHY: A U.S. Department of Education study has concluded that reading to pre-school children is the single most important way to help them develop the vocabulary necessary to read. As a result, Chase has committed itself to fostering literacy in the communities it serves.
WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
WHERE: 1 Chase Manhattan Plaza, Plaza Banking Branch,
Ground floor (at the intersection of Williams Street
and Liberty Street)
CONTACT: Alison Wertheim or Harry Cushing of Hill and Knowlton, 212-697-5600, for Children's Literacy Initiative.
-0- 12/3/91

TS -- NY022 -- 8642 12/03/91 09:54 EST

COPYRIGHT 1991 PR Newswire Association LLC
No portion of this article can be reproduced without the express written permission from the copyright holder.